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MADRID. — Real Madrid ensured top spot in the Spanish La Liga at the midway point of the season when Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice in a 3-0 win at Getafe on Sunday before Lionel Messi’s hat-trick helped Barcelona to a 4-0 victory at Deportivo La Coruna.
The world’s two best players were again in scintillating form but champions Atletico Madrid ensured they stayed in the hunt with a 2-0 success at home to bottom club Granada that lifted them back into third place.
Real, who have a game in hand, have 45 points from 18 of 38 matches, with Barca on 44 and Atletico on 41 in third.
Sevilla (39 points) climbed back into fourth above Valencia (38), 3-2 winners at home to Almeria on Saturday, thanks to a 2-0 win against Malaga in the Andalusian derby. — Soccernet.
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